My friend Jimmy works on the Union Pacific Line
Passed me a line about 9 AM
and since then I been feeling fine
Passed a fifth of Old Kentucky in his garage all day
using tattoos like old photo albums,
we reminisced the olden days
Jimmy put a cigarette where his front teeth used to be
got in his truck and pulled six beers
from underneath the seat
He said, I gotta to to work or
the wife's gonna holler at me.
So I hopped in grabbed a beer and drank my way
to the beer hall down the street
Hey friend, when you gonna take me home?
'Cause I'm too drunk for driving and I think it's time to go
Scotch and cocaine, whiskey, beer, and gin
Heaven help me if I see the letters DUI again
When Jimmy dropped me off it was 3 in the PM
That Mississippi sun made the barroom look mighty dim
Me and three old timers all hunkered at the bar
Bought four shots of whiskey with money that
I squandered from a penny jar
Whiskey kept a flowing as the sun went down
coating my insides 8 ounces syrupy, sweet, and brown
Checking the door for the law or my wife
They know where to find me
I guess they ain't looking for me tonight
So now it's 3 AM and the cocaine's all but gone
If I can buy a bottle from the bar
then I can make it through till dawn
Double vision, double trouble if I get behind the wheel
'Cause my guts are rotten from too many prison meals